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I APPLICATION FILED APR. 14, 1919. 1,323,750. Patented Dec. 2,1919. F 2 SHEETS-SHEE1 I.

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VEGETABLE AND FRUIT CRUSHER AND STRAINER.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 14. 191-9.

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LUTGI GRANO, OF NEW YORK, N.

A PANT Y., nssronoa or ONE-HALF r0 ANTONIO consornr'rr, on NEW roan, N. Y.

VEGETABLE AND FRUIT CRUSHEE AND STRAINER.

Specification of Letters l atent.

Application filed April 14, 1919.- 'Serial No. 289,938.

ers and strainers of the rotary type and its object is to provide rotating cams at the lower end of a receptacle and above a per-' forated bottom and as fruits or vegetables are fed into the hopper of the receptacle they are caught by the cams and crushed against the perforated bottom and the pulp and juice forced through the same and strained so that the product ,will be a soft or watery mass without lumps or hard particles. These and other details of the 1nvention are more fully described in the following specification, set forth in the appended claims and illustrated in the accompanying drawings. wherein: Figure 1 is a side elevation of the improved crusher.

Fig. 9- is an end view of the same. Fig. 3 is a plan view with the cover removed.

Fig. at is a longitudinal vertical sectional. view.

Fig. 5 is a vertical cross sectional view. Fig. Sshows a modified construction The device is adapted to not only mash and crush but to'strain and clarify cooked and raw vegetables and fruits which may each be deposited in quantities in the hopper 10 of the upper part 11 of the box 12.

The hopper may be contracted or of such dimensions as is necessary to accommodate the .material to be treated and the upper end is closed by a lid 13 resting on the ledges 1 1 around the entrance to the hopper.

The lower edge of the extension 11 is provided with a flange 15 to fit within the box and the latter also has within its upper edge av ledge 16 adapted to support the flange and carry a frame '20 and the strainer 18.

The shaft 19 of the cams 17 may be j ournaled in the frame 20 having aprons 21 to close any outside opening as the cams work up and down and prevent the escape of material. orjuice. The'frame 20 may be of any desired depth to adjust the shaft 19.

' to the desired height or may be dispensed with and the shaft located directly on the walls of the box 12. i

Gne end of the shaft 19 is provided with a crank arm 26 to rotate the same or it is obvious that a driving wheel for a belt or other source of power may be mounted on v the shaft.

Patented Dec. 2, 1919.

The cam pressers 1'7have squeezing faces 27 at each end and are adapted to be rotated in either direction, being preferably arranged in pairs and oppositely arranged on the shaft so that while the face 27 of one cam forces the fruit or vegetable against the strainer 18, the jaws 28 collect the material into the strainer and throw it into the path of the squeezing faces of the adjoining presser. 1

The strainer 18 is concentric with the shaft 19 and may be either perforated metal or wire mesh with imperforate sides and has flanges 29 around its upper edges which lie on the ledge 16, and beneath the strainer may be placeda slide 30'to receive the treated' material and juice and allow it to run into receivers.

' The upper b0 11 is held in place by rods 31 passing through eyes 32 andresting on the flanges 15 at each side of the device and thes rods are retained in the eyes by nuts at one end To clean or separate the crusher these rods are removed and when the extension is lifted ofi the shaft 19 may be taken out for washing or to be replaced with an-v other strainer, as various perforations or mesh may be employed for different fruits or vegetables but the dimensions of all strainers must be such as to fit within the box 12. V

In Fig. 6 is shown a modified arrange ment where the hopper is dispensed with and a concentric cover 33 is placed over the cams in case that the material needs lengthy cations may still be within, the scope of the above descriptlon or'the appended claims;

What I clann as new 1s:

1. In a crusher and strainer, the COHlbllltl 7 tion of a box having a hopper at its upper end and a slide at its lower end, twin can'ls mounted side by side and adapted to operate in opposite directions. on a horizontal shaft below the hopper, and a strainer beneath the cams ' In a crusher and strainer, the combination of an inclosed box having a hopper at the upper end and a slide at the lower end, twin cams mounted on a shaft and adapted to operate in reverse directions, and a strainer below the cams and conforming with the pitch of the same. i V

- '3. Ina crusher and strainer, the combireceptacle.

, nation of a receptacle, a detachable hopper above the same, a shaft with a crank arm,

slotted plates carrying the shaft and ad;

justable at the sides ofthe receptacle, a pair of cains reversed to each other and carried by the shaft,-a semi-circular strainer with iinperforate sides beneath the cams,

aprons below the shaftat each sideof the strainer, and a chute at the bottom of the p In testimony whereof I have. signed' ny nam to this specificatlon 'nthe presence of two-subscribing witnesses, this 22day of March, 1919. v I v I p r .YLUIGI GRANQ Witnesses:

' JAMES F DUHAMEL,

JAMES GRANoL 

